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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

Cem26 w/ ipolar	December 31, 2021
Reviewer: Oriol Quirant Banus from Vilamaniscle, Girona Spain

Do you spend $ 1400 on a mount with Ipolar, or $ 2XX and you have to pay $ 10 more for the App in the Mac App Store? Seriously Ioptron? Is this all the support you offer to your clients?
What a shame.
And you don't have an App for Android / IOS?
Then you go on saying that you have the latest technology.
The next HandControl will be a caveman stick.

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

Disappointed	November 21, 2021
Reviewer: Nicholas Kefalas from Milford, CT United States

I had read so many good things about this, but i was utterly disappointed. The alignment was always off. And not by a little. By a lot. I could senter better with my scope. I am using a CGEMII mount.
I ended up sending it back and invested in a ASIAIR PRO. I now use the ASI120mm on my guids cope and use the polar align routine in the ASIAIR (which is not so user friendly either !). That does not giveRealtime adjustment images. It samples with images it takes every 1 to 2 seconds, which is VERY annoying, but at least i am aligned. Maybe something was wrong with my unit ? who knows.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

iPolar on Mac M1	October 1, 2021
Reviewer: David J Kreiton from Ocala, FL United States

Prior to the M1 chip, the Mac iPolar app ($10 on the Mac App Store!) worked fairly well except for annoying green flashes while polar aligning. With the M1 chip and Mac OS Big Sur v11.6 when double clicking on the app I get the message "Cannot use iOptron iPolar". If you Show Package Contents and double click on the app in the MacOS folder it will connect, but there is constant screen flashing making polar alignment difficult, at best.
Why would I buy an iE5100, which apparently has a MacOS driver and software, when iOptron can not make the iPolar work flawlessly?

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

iPolar - iPad / IOS	June 29, 2021
Reviewer: Steven Gross from Tampa, FL United States

Works great! I use both the Windows and Mac software. Prefer the Mac version - BUT - would be GREAT to have an iPad version!! Come on iOptron!!

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Great But Needs Mobile Device Support!!!	June 24, 2021
Reviewer: Joe Geiger from Clinton, MA United States

I have iPolar in my SGP and it makes setup a snap. The onscreen display guides you to get perfect polar alignment in only a few minutes. I use my SGP as a portable imaging platform along with my 80mm refractor. It would be much more portable if I didn’t have to lug around a PC laptop. I talked to someone at iOptron who said a wifi adapter was in the works that would allow iPolar to be controlled from mobile devices but after a year still no such product.

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Needs polar alignment app for smartphones	June 12, 2021
Reviewer: Anonymous Person from United States

I own two and they work well under Windows 10. The Windows software installs a DirectShow camera driver. Some 3rd party imaging software such as SharpCap Pro incorporate polar alignment routines so you no longer have to rely on the iOptron software. There is also an INDI driver for Stellarmate and Astroberry but the recent user reports are hit or miss. We need more users to test and report so that the situation improves. Since these products allow for the main imaging camera to be used for polar alignment, it raises the question of whether you still need a separate polar alignment camera. Maybe you want to verify polar alignment without disturbing your main camera settings? There are many other usage scenarios where it would be handy to connect iPolar via USB OTG to a smartphone and it would be nice to have an official Android app from iOptron. And please, at the very least use a darker red and darker yellow for the interface. :)

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Finally accurate polar alignment	April 20, 2021
Reviewer: bradls_pix from BORONIA, VIC Australia

Living in the southern hemisphere I've really struggled with accurate polar alignment especially using longer focal lengths with my skytracker pro. Recently got the ipolar and this has become much easier. It would be great if ioptron had an android app to connect smartphone to the ipolar for alignment as I'm not about to cart my laptop with me everywhere, that's why it gets 4 stars and not 5 from me.

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Works great	March 16, 2021
Reviewer: Kent Blackwell from Virginia Beach , VA United States

I am glad I opted to for the iPolar instead of the polar scope. Not only is it more accurate but more comfortable as well. It connected to my WIN 7 laptop with no issues, but occasionally I have to click "TAKE DARK FRAME' two or three times before proceeding. It's smooth sailing from then on. My SkyGuider Pro is polar aligned in 5 minutes or less.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

The polar scope	March 14, 2021
Reviewer: Ernest Joyner from Florissant, CO United States

Optically it is pretty close the the competitor, but the software needs to be overhauled. Sharpcap polar alignment is way better and accurate, unlike the expensive Ioptron polar scope. I hope something gets done soon because polar alignment is not possible with this overpriced device.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Works great!	October 28, 2020
Reviewer: Steve L from Suwanee, GA United States

I'm far from an experienced user but this scope was very easy to install and use. Included software is nothing elegant but works everytime. Very fast to get aligned which is important to me.

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